Thamnodynastes chaquensis Bergna and Alvarez, 1993

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Thamnodynastes chaquensis Bergna and Alvarez, 1993

Type locality. Colonia la Mercedes , San Fernando, province of Buenos Aires, Argentina .

Distribution. Known from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay ( Plt. 353A ). In Brazil, widespread in the Pantanal, with marginal records in the western portion of the Cerrado ( Plt. 353A ), mostly at low elevations ( Plt. 353B ). Observed in the field in dry forest, wetland, and wet savanna ( Bellini et al., 2014).

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Plate 353. Distribution map of Thamnodynastes chaquensis in relation to (A) South American Ecoregions (adapted from Olson et al., 2001) and (B) elevation. Red star indicates type-locality, if precisely located.